Bug#494569: madwifi-source: Upgrading from 0.9.2+r1842.20061207-2etch2 to 0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1 breaks networking
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Mon Nov 10 11:37:36 UTC 2008
Followup-For: Bug #494569
Package: madwifi-source
Version: 1:0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1
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I have just upgraded my system from etch to lenny and everything went
fine except for the fact that the new version of the madwifi drivers
breaks networking. The symptom is that the network is raised but
is unusable due dropouts and packets losses.
Here's what happens with the newer kernel and module-assitant compiled version of the current lenny madwifi-source module:
$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-8 Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/
$ dpkg -l | grep madwifi
ii madwifi-modules-2.6.26-1-686 1:0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1+2.6.26-8
ii madwifi-source 1:0.9.4+r3772.20080716-1
ii madwifi-tools 1:0.9.4+r3685.20080531+dfsg-1
$ lspci -v
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413
802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Compex Wireless 802.11 b/g MiniPCI Adapter, Rev A1 [WLM54G]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 20
Memory at f7ef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci
$ lsmod | grep wlan
wlan_wep 5312 1
wlan_scan_sta 11200 1
wlan 193040 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
$ lsmod | grep ath
ath_rate_sample 11008 1
ath_pci 202104 0
wlan 193040 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
ath_hal 300672 3 ath_rate_sample,ath_pci
$ ping ftp.debian.fr
PING ftp.debian.fr (193.43.210.197) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=8 ttl=110 time=2277 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=10 ttl=110 time=314 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=11 ttl=110 time=60.4 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=12 ttl=110 time=338 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=13 ttl=110 time=336 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=14 ttl=110 time=74.0 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=15 ttl=110 time=281 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=16 ttl=110 time=117 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=18 ttl=110 time=605 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=19 ttl=110 time=727 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=20 ttl=110 time=134 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=21 ttl=110 time=308 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=22 ttl=110 time=417 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=23 ttl=110 time=181 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=26 ttl=110 time=1093 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=29 ttl=110 time=402 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=30 ttl=110 time=63.4 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=31 ttl=110 time=135 ms
--- ftp.debian.fr ping statistics ---
32 packets transmitted, 18 received, 43% packet loss, time 51039ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 60.437/437.296/2277.046/514.702 ms, pipe 3
Fortunately, I still have my previous etch kernel and
madwifi module installed and here's the difference:
$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
ii linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-23 Linux 2.6.18 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/
$ dpkg -l | grep madwifi
ii madwifi-modules-2.6.18-6-686 1:0.9.2+r1842.20061207-2etch2+2.6.18.df
$ lpsci -v
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413
802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
Subsystem: Atheros Communications Inc. Compex Wireless 802.11 b/g MiniPCI Adapter, Rev A1 [WLM54G]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 209
Memory at f7ef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
Kernel modules: ipmi_si, ath_pci
$ lsmod | grep wlan
wlan_wep 6560 1
wlan_scan_sta 12096 1
wlan 173820 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
$ lsmod | grep ath
ath_pci 83008 0
ath_rate_sample 12992 1 ath_pci
wlan 173820 5 wlan_wep,wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
ath_hal 191664 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample
$ ping ftp.debian.fr
PING ftp.debian.fr (193.43.210.197) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=1 ttl=110 time=38.7 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=2 ttl=110 time=39.7 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=3 ttl=110 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=4 ttl=110 time=38.8 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=5 ttl=110 time=37.1 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=6 ttl=110 time=39.0 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=7 ttl=110 time=38.0 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=8 ttl=110 time=42.4 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=9 ttl=110 time=40.9 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=10 ttl=110 time=37.9 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=11 ttl=110 time=40.0 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=12 ttl=110 time=37.9 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=13 ttl=110 time=38.6 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=14 ttl=110 time=36.8 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=15 ttl=110 time=40.5 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=16 ttl=110 time=37.3 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=17 ttl=110 time=39.5 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=18 ttl=110 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=19 ttl=110 time=40.4 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=20 ttl=110 time=39.9 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=21 ttl=110 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=22 ttl=110 time=38.0 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=23 ttl=110 time=41.5 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=24 ttl=110 time=36.5 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=25 ttl=110 time=37.2 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=26 ttl=110 time=39.4 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=27 ttl=110 time=39.8 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=28 ttl=110 time=39.2 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=29 ttl=110 time=37.9 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=30 ttl=110 time=37.7 ms
64 bytes from 197.fourmie.com (193.43.210.197): icmp_seq=31 ttl=110 time=38.8 ms
--- ftp.debian.fr ping statistics ---
31 packets transmitted, 31 received, 0% packet loss, time 30088ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 36.569/38.790/42.492/1.464 ms
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages madwifi-source depends on:
ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii debhelper 7.0.15 helper programs for debian/rules
ii module-assistant 0.10.11.0 tool to make module package creati
madwifi-source recommends no packages.
Versions of packages madwifi-source suggests:
ii kernel-pac 11.0011 A utility for building Linux kerne
ii madwifi-to 1:0.9.4+r3685.20080531+dfsg-1 tools for the Multiband Atheros Dr
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